A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged caution against mob justice, emphasising that lynching a thief violates human rights and can lead to legal consequences for those involved.
Instead, he advised handing such suspects over to the police to follow due process.
He said this on the JoyNews AM Show on April 23, 2025, and monitored by GhanaWeb. "You can catch someone right in the act, but it doesn't give you the authority to lynch, but rather hand the person to the police and let the law take its cause," he indicated.
This call comes after a recent incident at Aboaso Zongo in the Ashanti Region, where a JHS student was lynched to death over allegations of theft.
